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A combination of acoustic and electrical stimulation reduces tinnitus by half

Many healthcare professionals have a poor understanding of tinnitus and its impact on people’s health

The ear: a sensitive organ Cortisone is the common treatment The usual treatment for tinnitus, such as that which occurs after an acute hearing loss, is the high-dose administration of cortisone. The steroid drug is usually given in tablet form, as an injection or as an infusion. The cortisone is intended to reach the middle ear via the stomach or the bloodstream and stimulate blood flow. However, it is not known how exactly cortisone affects tinnitus. Both circulatory and immunological effects have been put forward as possible explanations, as well as cortisone's anti-inflammatory an...

Image courtesy of Pixabay. Seven years before he finished translating the Bible, Martin Luther started hearing a loud buzz. The sound was so distracting that, whenever it started, he had to put his work aside and wait for the torment to go away. “The Devil had something to do with it,” he concluded in a letter.  Although this passage is almost five centuries old, the suffering it communicates still resonates with many today: an estimated fifty million Americans suffer from tinnitus, a highly heterogeneous disorder that manifests as phantom ringing in the ear. Although it can be ignored b...